75-67-241 - Exemptions.
§ 75-67-241. Exemptions.
This article shall not apply to any person, firm, partnership, corporation or association doing business under any of the laws of this state relating to banks, savings banks, trust companies, building and loan associations, insurance companies, credit unions or pawnbrokers; nor shall this article apply to any person, firm, partnership, corporation or association concerning loans made to the employees or farm tenants of such person, firm, partnership or corporation or association; nor to loans or advances made to be used in or in the furtherance of farming or agricultural operations; nor to loans insured or guaranteed by the United States or any of its agencies; nor to persons, firms, partnerships, associations or corporations making loans only secured by real estate; nor to dealers and sellers or purchasers of conditional sales or retained title contracts on real or personal property; nor a member of an affiliated group as defined by Section 1504 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, on May 24, 1995, with respect to loans made by one (1) member of the affiliated group to another and who is not otherwise engaged in the business of loaning money secured by tangible personal property; nor an occasional lender not regularly engaged in the business of lending money, but such lender shall be governed by the usury statutes of this state.
Sources: Codes, 1942, § 5591-51; Laws, 1958, ch. 168, § 21; Laws, 1995, ch. 457, § 2; Laws, 1996, ch. 423, § 11, eff from and after July 1, 1996.